god bless these united states. >> here to analyze this speech is david remnick. editor of the new yorker magazine and written a biography about president obama. we're pleased to have him here this morning. what did you think? >> as a speech, i thought it was not number one in his hit parade. by now we're connoisseurs we're picky. not as good as 2004, not as great as the iowa caucuses. i thought it did the job. i thought it was solid. i thought overall the convention highlighted, exposed what the republican party has become, which is a radical conservative party. the that demographically and ideologically, it's increasingly out of touch. i think they have a big, big problem as a result. >> doesn't the country expect the democrats to be more specific in terms of how they see the future? >> well, i think it's very rare at a convention that you -- roll out a big policy initiative that is not known before. what you're trying to do is activate the base. you're trying to have all your surrogates make the big attacks and arguments on ideological terms and political terms